Category Archives: Leisure

Firstly I was asked for my vote on whether our family law team at Mogers should switch to online resources for our law journals and periodicals.

For all my enthusiasm for all things tech I realised that in this context I would much prefer the printed material.

Why?

I don’t have strong views on the quality of print on screen – although the Kindle and it’s like leave me completely disinterested.

No. My decision was based on the ease of use. I still find the existing online resources, with their labyrinthine processes, forms, paranoid protections and processes to be nothing less than repulsive.

They push me away rather than welcoming me in and offering an enjoyable, or at least comprehensible, experience.

I was over-ruled being the only luddite who voted for print.

The next surprise was that I found myself indulging in the bizarre cult of Moleskine. Please, nobody tell my wife, but I invested (yes, they really are that expensive) tentatively.

My toe in the Moleskine water was a purchase of the 3 pack of exercise books. Why?

No doubt about it, Moleskine are doing wonderful work in creating a brand that adds value in the eyes of its customers. They then shout loudly about the product, which is just a notebook, so that the curious, and perhaps the gullible, buy one to suck it and see.

I have been asked to write blogs professionally for a couple of client firms and my thinking is to have a book for each so that I can jot down ideas in graphical format, such as mindmapping, that I cannot currently do on Evernote. See my previous post.

So, my latent ludditism resurfaces once again. Printed text for research and the written notebook. Whatever next…

…oh hang on. Just seen this leak on the iTablet … Scrap everything I just said…

Those of you who know me know that I have 2 young children. My son is only 16 months old or so. Saturday morning sees us playing with Duplo, and for no obvious reason we end up building a spaceship, especially for Winnie the Pooh.

Mrs Lawyer1point9 thinks it looks like a Tie Fighter. Which is just stupid. Why would Winnie the Pooh need a Tie Fighter?

Winie the Pooh joins the Rebel Forces

I am now wondering whether the boy would appreciate some Technics Lego.